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Ex. nuni o’ gega, thou hast passed down
there; di engo, let us go up; na song’
em’ aritsi, I am going to see the village;
nu do sona? where have you been? (or, where
do you come from?); na bulitsi sova, I have
been in the garden (or, I have come from the garden).

3. Idede.

This verb has a general meaning besides the special
one “to gather.”

Ex. fang’ idede, to set a trap; di
yu molots’ idoma? should we make a water-pipe?

4. Ameme.

This verb has the general meaning of passing, or making
anything pass, through an opening. The object
which has the opening does not take suffixes.

Ex. kupa ulin’ ama, put the potatoes
in the pot; na ul’ olol’ amene,
I passed it through the hole; iso nu emana? andavete,
does the smoke irritate you? you are weeping.

Adverbs.

I. Adverbs generally precede the verb which they modify.
The exceptions are the interrogative na? (is it not
so?) which always comes at the end of the sentence,
and _-ta_ (at first), which follows the verb.